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1 #
2 # Network device configuration
3 #
4
5 menuconfig NETDEVICES
6 default y if UML
7 depends on NET
8 bool "Network device support"
9 ---help---
10 You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
11 any other computer at all.
12
13 You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
14 you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
15 telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
16 two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
17 AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
18
19 See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
20 Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
21
22 If unsure, say Y.
23
24 # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
25 # that for each of the symbols.
26 if NETDEVICES
27
28 config MII
29 tristate
30
31 config NET_CORE
32 default y
33 bool "Network core driver support"
34 ---help---
35 You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
36 networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
37
38 if NET_CORE
39
40 config BONDING
41 tristate "Bonding driver support"
42 depends on INET
43 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
44 ---help---
45 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
46 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
47 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
48
49 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
50 performance and high availability operation.
51
52 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
53 information.
54
55 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
56 will be called bonding.
57
58 config DUMMY
59 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
60 ---help---
61 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
62 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
63 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
64 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
65 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
66 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
67 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
68 Administrator's Guide, available from
69 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
70
71 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
72 will be called dummy.
73
74 config EQUALIZER
75 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
76 ---help---
77 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
78 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
79 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
80 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
81 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
82 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
83 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
84
85 Say Y if you want this and read
86 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
87 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
88 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
89
90 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
91 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
92
93 config NET_FC
94 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
95 depends on SCSI && PCI
96 help
97 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
98 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
99 intended to replace SCSI.
100
101 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
102 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
103 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
104 "SCSI generic support".
105
106 config IFB
107 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
108 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
109 ---help---
110 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
111 resources.
112 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
113 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
114 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
115 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
116 'ifb1' etc.
117 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
118
119 source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
120
121 config MACVLAN
122 tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
123 ---help---
124 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
125 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
126
127 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
128 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
129
130 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
131
132 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
133 will be called macvlan.
134
135 config MACVTAP
136 tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
137 depends on MACVLAN
138 help
139 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
140 on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
141 can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
142 macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
143
144 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
145 will be called macvtap.
146
147 config VXLAN
148 tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
149 depends on INET
150 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
151 ---help---
152 This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
153 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
154 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
155 For more information see:
156 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
157
158 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
159 will be called vxlan.
160
161 config NETCONSOLE
162 tristate "Network console logging support"
163 ---help---
164 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
165 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
166
167 config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
168 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
169 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
170 !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
171 help
172 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
173 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
174 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
175 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
176
177 config NETPOLL
178 def_bool NETCONSOLE
179
180 config NETPOLL_TRAP
181 bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
182 default n
183 depends on NETPOLL
184
185 config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
186 def_bool NETPOLL
187
188 config NTB_NETDEV
189 tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB"
190 depends on NTB
191
192 config RIONET
193 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
194 depends on RAPIDIO
195
196 config RIONET_TX_SIZE
197 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
198 depends on RIONET
199 default "128"
200
201 config RIONET_RX_SIZE
202 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
203 depends on RIONET
204 default "128"
205
206 config TUN
207 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
208 select CRC32
209 ---help---
210 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
211 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
212 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
213 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
214 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
215
216 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
217 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
218 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
219 all routes corresponding to it.
220
221 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
222 information.
223
224 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
225 will be called tun.
226
227 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
228
229 config VETH
230 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
231 ---help---
232 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
233 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
234 versa.
235
236 config VIRTIO_NET
237 tristate "Virtio network driver"
238 depends on VIRTIO
239 ---help---
240 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
241 lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
242
243 config NLMON
244 tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
245 ---help---
246 This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
247 purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
248 Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
249 messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
250 diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
251 to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
252
253 endif # NET_CORE
254
255 config SUNGEM_PHY
256 tristate
257
258 source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
259
260 source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
261
262 source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
263
264 source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
265
266 source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
267
268 source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
269
270 source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
271
272 config NET_SB1000
273 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
274 depends on PNP
275 ---help---
276 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
277 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
278 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
279 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
280 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
281 provided by your regular phone modem.
282
283 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
284 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
285 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
286 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
287 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
288 found at:
289
290 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
291 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
292 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
293
294 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
295
296 source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
297
298 source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
299
300 source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
301
302 source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
303
304 source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
305
306 source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
307
308 source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
309
310 source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
311
312 source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
313
314 source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
315
316 config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
317 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
318 depends on XEN
319 select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
320 default y
321 help
322 This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
323 devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
324 domain 0).
325
326 The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
327 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
328
329 If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
330 should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
331 M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
332
333 config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
334 tristate "Xen backend network device"
335 depends on XEN_BACKEND
336 help
337 This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
338 domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
339 Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
340 system that implements a compatible front end.
341
342 The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
343 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
344
345 The backend driver presents a standard network device
346 endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
347 domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
348 etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
349
350 If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
351 domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
352 compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
353 will be called xen-netback.
354
355 config VMXNET3
356 tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
357 depends on PCI && INET
358 help
359 This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
360 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
361 module will be called vmxnet3.
362
363 source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
364
365 endif # NETDEVICES
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